Intel and SoftBank announced yesterday evening that SoftBank will acquire $2bn of newly issued Intel shares. At the same time reports of the U.S. government taking a direct stake in Intel are becoming more tangible. Please see the link below for our take.
Revenue trends were steady as the softer mobile growth was offset by improvement in non-mobile. Softbank remained the outperformer, but this has already been baked in as expectations for Group revenue are sitting ahead of guidance by 3%.
Q2 was a mixed bag as both revenue and EBITDA accelerated and are tracking well against the full year expectations, however, net losses were higher YoY than expected on tax and delinquency charges for Rakuten Card (~¥4.9bn), higher tax and minority interest and lower net finance income.
NTT printed a rather soft set of Q1 results as Mobile was weaker and Global Solutions was impacted by FX weakness in its Overseas arm. The recovery in Regional Communications offered some encouragement and is likely to remain so as the firm transits from Copper to Fibre over the long run.
Both revenue and EBITDA missed consensus by 1% on weaker Media trends and higher costs associated with GenAI investments. By contrast both PayPay and Account advertising continue to trend strongly, partially offset by a higher comparable base and weakness in Search advertising. Management had reiterated its FY25 guidance with some updates on the LINE App renewal.
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in July 2025. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on deve...
In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Victoria, Vallourec, Omnia Technologies, Paprec Group, La Doria, Softbank Group, Maxeda, Mahle, Bombardier, Flora Food Group (formerly Upfield), Nexans, Assemblin, Air Baltic, Virgin Media O2, Nokia
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